US 12,446,713 B2
Retail merchandise shelving system
Jamie A. Smedley, Hudson, OH (US); and William J. Mertz, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to Fasteners for Retail, Inc., Twinsburg, OH (US)
Filed by Fasteners for Retail, Inc., Twinsburg, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/647,630.
Application 18/647,630 is a division of application No. 18/096,426, filed on Jan. 12, 2023, granted, now 11,998,125.
Application 18/096,426 is a continuation of application No. 17/231,501, filed on Apr. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,583,110, issued on Feb. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/014,395, filed on Apr. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0268579 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47F 5/10 (2006.01); A47B 57/40 (2006.01); A47F 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47F 5/101 (2013.01) [A47B 57/40 (2013.01); A47F 5/0018 (2013.01); A47F 5/0043 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bracket for a shelf arrangement, the bracket comprising:
a first support section, a first mounting section and a first transition section offsetting the first mounting section from the first support section;
the first support section including:
a first vertical flange portion;
a first top flange portion extending from the first vertical flange portion in a direction the first transition section offsets the first support section from the first mounting section;
a first bottom flange portion extending from the first vertical flange portion the direction the first transition section offsets the first support section from the first mounting section, the first bottom flange portion being spaced apart from the first top flange;
a first mounting stub being a tubular element, an end of the first mounting stub being attached to the first vertical flange portion such that the first vertical flange portion closes off the end of the first mounting stub.